Steven McNiven is a Canadian comic book artist . He first gained prominence on CrossGen 's Meridian , before moving onto books such as Ultimate Secret , Marvel Knights 4 , New Avengers , and Civil War , illustrating storylines such as "Old Man Logan ."
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Steven McNiven is a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia .[1]
McNiven sketching at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 10, 2010
McNiven first came into prominence after he took over as a penciller of CrossGen 's Meridian title following the departure of Josh Middleton .[ citation needed ]
He subsequently gained worked for Marvel Comics as the penciller of Marvel Knights 4 , Ultimate Secret and New Avengers .[ citation needed ]
In August 2005 he was named one of Marvel's "Young Guns", a group of artists that, according to Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada , have the qualities that make "a future superstar penciller". Other "Young Guns" include Olivier Coipel , David Finch , Trevor Hairsine , Adi Granov and Jim Cheung .[ citation needed ]
McNiven was the penciller of the Marvel mini-series Civil War working with Mark Millar . He followed this by provided the art for the Wolverine storyline "Old Man Logan " and the Icon Comics mini-series Nemesis , both with Millar.[2]
In 2011 Marvel relaunched a new volume of Captain America , with McNiven as artist.[3] [4] In 2012 he provided the Marvel NOW! poster for New York Comic Con . the art which feature The Avengers in an iconic New York setting.
In 2013 he drew the Guardians of the Galaxy ongoing series with writer Brian Michael Bendis .[5] [6]
McNiven drew the Uncanny Avengers from issue 14 to issue 17.[7] McNiven was the artist for Marvel Comics' Limited series Death of Wolverine .
In 2015 McNiven redesign costume of Black Bolt, Human Torch during Charles Soule's run on Uncanny Inhumans. he also penciled issue 0 to 4.[8]
In 2017 McNiven penciled issues #1 and 10 of the Marvel miniseries Secret Empire . The series was a commercial success, with issues #0 and 1 being the third best-selling comic books of April and May, respectively.[9] [10] [11]
In 2018 he worked on the miniseries Return of Wolverine with writer Charles Soule , as a follow-up to Death of Wolverine and Hunt For Wolverine .[12]
Interior work
CrossGen
Meridian #6-7, 9-12, 14-17, 19-21, 23-26, 29-30, 33-36 (with Barbara Kesel , 2001–03)
Mystic #7 (with Ron Marz , 2000)
Archard's Agents: Deadly Dare (with Chuck Dixon , one-shot , 2004)
Sigil #6 (with Barbara Kesel, 2000)
Marvel
Marvel Knights 4 #2 cover art
The Amazing Spider-Man #546-548: "Brand New Day " (with Dan Slott , 2008)
AvX: VS #2: "Captain America vs. Gambit" (script and art, 2012)
Avengers Finale (with Brian Michael Bendis , among other artists, one-shot, 2005)
Captain America , vol 6, #1-5: "American Dreamers" (with Ed Brubaker , 2011)
Captain America: Peggy Carter, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (with various artists, 2014)
Civil War #1-7 (with Mark Millar , 2006–07)
Death of Wolverine #1-4 (with Charles Soule , 2014)
Marvel Knights 4 #1-7 (with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa , 2004)
Guardians of The Galaxy , vol. 3, #0.1-3 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2013)
Monsters Unleashed #1, (with Cullen Bunn , 2017)
Nemesis , miniseries, #1-4 (with Mark Millar, Icon , 2010–11)
Secret Empire #1, #10, (with Nick Spencer , 2017)
New Avengers Vol. 1 (with Brian Michael Bendis):
"The Sentry" (in #7-10, 2005)
"The Collective" (in #16, 2006)
"Dark Reign" (with Billy Tan and various artists, in #50, 2009)
New Avengers Vol. 2 #16 (with Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel, 2011)
Return of Wolverine #1 (with Charles Soul , Marvel, 2018)
Ultimate Secret #1-2 (with Warren Ellis , Marvel, 2005)
Uncanny Avengers #14-17 (with Rick Remender , 2013-2014)
Uncanny Inhumans #0-4 (with Charles Soule , 2015–16)
Wolverine #66-72 (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2008–09)
Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2009)
Cover work
Marvel Knights 4 #8–12, 15, 17, 19 (Marvel , 2004–2005)
District X #1-6, 8 (Marvel, 2004–2005)
Spider-Man Unlimited #3 (Marvel, 2004)
New Avengers #1, 17–18 (Marvel, 2005–2006)
Powerless #6 (Marvel, 2005)
What If... Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers? (Marvel, 2005)
Ultimate Secret #3–4 (Marvel, 2005)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13–18 (Marvel, 2005)
Witchblade #95 (Top Cow , 2006)
Civil War Files #1 (Marvel, 2006)
Daredevil #82 (Marvel, 2006)
Red Sonja #8, 15 (Dynamite , 2006)
Battlestar Galactica #0 (Dynamite, 2006)
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #4 (Marvel, 2007)
The Order #1 (Marvel, 2007)
Kick-Ass #1 (Icon , 2008)
Wonderlost #2 (Image , 2008)
The Last Defenders #1 (Marvel, 2008)
Secret Invasion #1–4 (Marvel, 2008)
Marvel Comics Presents #9 (Marvel, 2008)
The Marvels Project #1–8 (Marvel, 2009–2010)
Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 (Marvel, 2009)
Wolverine vol. 4 #1 (Marvel, 2010)
Superior #2 (Icon, 2011)
Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #154, 158 (Marvel, 2011)
Fear Itself #1–7 (Marvel, 2011)
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #38 (Marvel, 2011)
Deadpool Annual #1 (Marvel, 2011)
Incredible Hulks Annual #1 (Marvel, 2011)
The Avengers vol. 4 #24.1 (Marvel, 2012)
Avengers Assemble #9 (Marvel, 2012)
Avenging Spider-Man #6 (Marvel, 2012)
A+X #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2012)
Wolverine vol. 1, #305 (Marvel, 2012)
Infinity #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2013)
Captain America #25 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2014)
Civil War II #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014)
SHIELD #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014)
Wolverine vol. 6, #8–12 (Marvel, 2014)
Legendary Star-Lord #1 (Marvel, 2014)
Original Sin #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014)
Uncanny Inhumans #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2015)
Empress #1 (variant cover, Icon, 2016)[13]
Return of Wolverine #2–3 (Marvel, 2018)
Old Man Hawkeye #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2018)
Nemesis Reloaded #1–5 (Image, 2023)